Hartmut Ostrowski (born 25 February 1958 in

Bielefeld Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...

) was CEO of Bertelsmann AG from 1 January 2008 until 31 December 2011, succeeding

Gunter Thielen Gunter Thielen (born 4 August 1942 in Quierschied) was chairman and chief executive officer of the Bertelsmann Stiftung. He graduated from RWTH Aachen University with a PhD in mechanical engineering and economics. He was a manager at BASF from ...

. Ostrowski studied business administration at

Bielefeld University Bielefeld University (german: Universität Bielefeld) is a university in Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1969, it is one of the country's newer universities, and considers itself a "reform" university, following a different style of organization ...

and joined Bertelsmann AG in 1982. From 1 September 2002 until December 2007, Ostrowski was CEO of

Arvato AG Arvato is a global services company headquartered in Gütersloh, Germany. Its services include customer support, information technology, logistics, and finance. The history of Arvato goes back to the printing and industry services division of Be ...

, an international media and communication service provider, a 100% subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG. Ostrowski is married and has two children.

References

External links

"Interview with Hartmut Ostrowski 175 years of Bertelsmann"
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